People
W.T. WHITE 2006 ALUMNUS BRYAN HOLADAY was drafted to the Detroit Tigers. The catcher led TCU to the College World Series, playing 68 games for Horned Frogs this season, batting .355 with 17 home runs and 53 RBIs. He also won this year’s Johnny Bench Award.
FOOTBALL LEGEND AND PRESTON HOLLOW RESIDENT ROGER STAUBACH received the 2010 Hope for Humanity award from the Dallas Holocaust Museum, and he’ll be honored at a special dinner on Nov. 11 at the Fairmont Hotel.
Education
W.T. WHITE STUDENTS OF THE LONGHORN SOLAR CORPS competed again this year in the Hunt-Winston Solar Car Challenge, driving their solar car along an 866-mile route from Fort Worth to Boulder, Colo. The team received the Guntis Terauds Award for “courage in the face of engineering obstacles”. Team captain Alex Madere received the Order of the Solar Cell, awarded to people with a strong passion and belief in high school solar car racing.
W.T. WHITE SENIOR JULIE NEGUSSIE received the Gates Millennium Scholarship, which covers tuition, room, board and other college expenses. Negussie is among 1,000 minority students selected for the scholarship. Funded by Bill and Melinda Gates, the scholarships are awarded through the United Negro College Fund to “outstanding, low-income African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian and Pacific islander American and Hispanic American students.”
THE HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB received the 2009-10 Presidential Citation Award from Rotary International, recognizing the group for “strengthening Rotary’s future through exemplary action and service.”
MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL was spruced up last month thanks to representatives from Fidelty Investment and volunteers from the Volunteer Center Of North Texas. The project included creating a College and Career Investigation Center with books and a boardroom setting for students to host events like Student Council meetings; planting a garden in the courtyard; outdoor classrooms and solar lighting; and a general renovation of the main entrance.
Community
THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION, based in Preston Hollow, is calling for nominations for this year’s Work of Heart program that honors deserving Catholic schoolteachers in the area. As the school year begins, parents, teachers and students are encouraged to recommend their choices for the award, which amounts to $500 in grants. For details visit catholicfoundation.org.
THE PROVIDENCE PATRIOTS second-grade girls softball team went undefeated this summer in the Town North YMCA Softball League. The players attend Providence Christian School Of Texas.
